• DocumentCode
    1198660
  • Title

    Air-clad fibre laser with internal Bragg grating

  • Author

    Canning, J. ; Jackson, S.D. ; Slund, M. Å ; Groothoff, N. ; Ashton, B. ; Lyytikainen, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    1103
  • Lastpage
    1104
  • Abstract
    An air-clad fibre laser using a Bragg grating written directly into the Yb3+ doped core as the end reflector is presented. For an unsaturated output power of 12 W and slope efficiency of 34%, there is a saturated laser wavelength shift of approximately 0.4 nm.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; optical fibre cladding; ytterbium; 12 W; Bragg grating; Yb; Yb3+ doped core; air-clad fibre laser; end reflector; laser wavelength shift;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20052851
  • Filename
    1522150